Dino Merlin
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Edin Dervišhalidović (born 12 September, 1962 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina), stage name Dino Merlin, is a Bosnian singer-songwriter and musician. He is one of the most famous singer/songwriters in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is also popular in the other countries of the former Yugoslavia such as Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro, Macedonia, and Slovenia.
Music career
Merlin Band
Edin Dervišhalidović founded the band Merlin in 1983 and has been its singer and songwriter since. With the band, he has recorded 5 studio albums: Kokuzna vremena in 1985, Teško meni sa tobom (a još teže bez tebe) in 1986, Merlin in 1987, Nešto lijepo treba da se desi in 1989, and Peta strana svijeta in 1990.
Solo career
Dervišhalidović began his solo career under the name 'Dino Merlin' in 1991, and recorded five studio albums: Moja bogda sna in 1993, Fotografija in 1995, Sredinom in 2000, Burek in 2004, Ispočetka in 2008 and 2 live albums, Vječna vatra in 1999 and Live Koševo 2004 in 2005.
Dino Merlin wrote the first national anthem of Bosnia and Herzegovina called Jedna si, jedina. He has also taken part in Eurovision Song Contests, in Dublin in 1993 (Dino is the author of Sva bol svijeta) and in Jerusalem in 1999 (singing Putnici with Beatrice, a French singer). Dino Merlin has also taken part in other big European festivals, such as Copenhagen in 1996 and Turkovision in 1997. His tour promoting his Sredinom album, which was released in 2000, included over 200 concerts, with a spectacular performance at the Koševo Olympic Stadium in Sarajevo, in front of an audience of about 80,000. The 'Sredinom' album was the top-selling album in Bosnia and Herzegovina and sold in all of the countries that were once part of former Yugoslavia.
Dino Merlin's next album, Burek, was released in 2004. Three songs were featured as singles: "Burek", "Supermen" and "Ako Nastaviš Ovako". The album includes 15 tracks, many of which are new. The song "Supermen" is sung by Dino Merlin with a guest appearance by Željko Joksimović, who is also the composer of the song. Many of the songs on this album have also appeared on his Live Koševo 2004 album released in 2005. The other guest appearances on the Burek album include Nina Badrić on "Ti si mene", Željko Joksimović on "Supermen" Edo Zanki on "Verletzt" and many others.
Dino Merlin's tenth album titled Ispočetka was released in 2008.
Discography
with Merlin band
- Kokuzna vremena (1985)
- Teško meni sa tobom (a još teže bez tebe) (1986)
- Merlin (1987)
- Nešto lijepo treba da se desi (1989)
- Peta strana svijeta (1990)
Solo career
- Moja bogda sna (1993)
- Fotografija (1995)
- Live: Vječna vatra (1999) - live album
- Sredinom (2000)
- Burek (2004)
- Live Koševo 2004 (2005) - live album
- Ispočetka (2008)
Compilations
- Najveći hitovi (1990) - with the Merlin band
- Balade (album)|Balade (1995) - with the Merlin band
- Rest of the Best (1995) - with the Merlin band
- Najljepše pjesme (1995) - with the Merlin band
- The Best of Dino Merlin (2001)
- The Platinum Collection (2006)
- The Ultimate Collection (2009)
DVDs
- Live Koševo (2005)
- Koševo 19. Juli (2009)